Merry Christmas!
Whatever holiday you celebrate at this time of year, Happy Holidays from Paula, Jamie, Riley, and myself. This is the time of year when we focus on sharing goodwill with others. While it’s a busy time of year, take some time to contact those people you haven’t seen in ages. That’s what I’ll be doing through the end of this year.
If you happen to want to bless people with a gift, consider two authors I know.
The first book is Chronicles of a Parky: A Lighter Look at a Shaky Existence by Ryan Oevermann. Diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at an early age, also known as being a Parky, this is not a “woe is me” book. It’s a series of stories of dealing day to day with Parkinson’s, an irreverent look at dealing with a chronic disease as it presents challenges to movement and speech. If you know people with Parkinson’s or any other chronic disease, they may benefit from reading this book. It’s available in ebook, hardcover, or paperback at Amazon via the link above, and many other bookstores.
The second author is Steven R. Jones, a writer of Christian romance mysteries; he also happens to be my brother-in-law (and if you had told Paula her little brother would someday write romances, she’d have laughed herself silly and told you to go lie down for a while until the dizziness passed). Steve is an engineer for a company in Holland, Michigan, a true craftsman in woodworking, and able to build just about anything. He’s the strong, silent type who doesn’t say much, so we were all surprised to learn he was also a talented writer. The stories he wrote as gifts for his wife, Joy, he now shares with the world. Steve currently has a compilation of four books called Blessed, with a side of Mystery available in ebook or paperback on Amazon; it’s also available in Kindle Unlimited. It begins with The Coded Note, the story of a young woman pastor named Sarah whose knowledge of scripture helps her uncover a killer, and the other stories continue from there.
I hope you have a great Christmas—or a great Thursday for those who celebrate in other ways on other days. Talk to you again next week.
What are you prepared to do today?
